HP UX Kerberos Data Security Software manual Extracting Service Keys

Administration

Extracting Service Keys

		Extracting Service Keys
		Unlike users who type their passwords at a keyboard, a service principal
		needs to have its secret key automatically available during
		authenticaton. This is done by storing the secret key for the service
		principal in a file called a service key table on the host where the service
		resides.
		The service key table, v5srvtab, contains service principal names and
		their corresponding keys. Typically, secret keys are randomly generated
		for service key table file on the host system where the service resides so
		that the key can be obtained from the service key table when the service
		is invoked.
		You must be assigned administrative permissions to add and delete
		principals to extract principal key to the service key table.
		To securely extract principal keys to the service key
		table
Step	1.	Either log on to the host system where the service resides or telnet to the
		host system.
Step	2.	Launch the remote administrator, kadmin_ui, and log on using a
		principal account that has the required administrative permissions.
Step	3.	In the kadmin_ui window, choose the Principals tab and select the
		principal’s realm.
Step	4.	Find the principal using the List All or Search button.
Step	5.	Select the principal name from the List of Principals and click Edit.
		The Principal Information window appears.
Step	6.	From the Edit menu in the Principal Information window select
		Extract Service Key. The Extract Service Key to Service Key Table
		window appears.
Step	7.	Enter the path and file name for the service key file in the Name field. If
		you change from the default name and location, other that the Security
		Server’s programs, settings must be edited to indicate the new location of
		the service key table file.

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